Confused patient makes accidental 911 call at VA facility, Kansas City MO
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders at the VA Medical Center Heliport in Kansas City were called after a confused patient accidentally dialed 911. The patient, located in facility unit 4E352, reported being lost in a field, but was later confirmed to be safe on-site. Dispatchers also received a separate call about cigarette smoke on the fourth floor.
Audio|Heard on: Jackson MO Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:46
Transcript:
00:00
3906 dispatch.
00:03
06 dispatch, stand by on the phone with the operator.
00:07
We have an outside 911 call from facility 4E352.
00:12
I'm en route.
00:15
06 dispatch be advised,
00:18
last name I think is (name withheld).
00:21
He's calling asking for help, apparently lost in a field.
00:27
KCPD called.
00:28
The operator trying to find out what was going on.
00:32
They told them they'd call us, and we're going from there.
00:36
Copy. All right, I guess.
00:39
Nick, will you check that park down there?
00:42
Oh.
00:45
We're out right now.
00:48
Yeah, they said the phone was from the patient that's in 4E352.
00:56
Oh, so he's okay.
00:58
We got another call about the smell of cigarette smoke coming from the 4th floor.
01:06
I didn't get that one.
01:08
All I got was the 911 to off-property police.
01:13
Name (name withheld).
01:14
I don't know if that's the 1st or last name.
01:19
3928 dispatch, I searched this grassy area all up and down.
01:25
I don't see anybody even camped out in there.
01:29
Copy that.
01:32
3906 dispatch.
01:34
Go ahead 06.
01:37
We advise patient's confused.
01:40
He said yeah, he's confused.
01:41
Accidentally called 911, but he's confused.
01:45
There is nobody out there, Nick.
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Location mentioned:
VA Medical Center Heliport, 4801 Linwood Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64128
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